Thérèse Aillaud

Thérèse Marie Madeleine Aillaud (; 5 November 1931 – 25 February 2015) was a French politician of the Rally for the Republic party. She was mayor of Tarascon from 1983 to 2002 and deputy of the Bouches-du-Rhône's 16th constituency of the National Assembly between 1993 and 1997.

Early life and education Aillaud was born in Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône on 5 November 1931. Her mother was a devout Catholic and the family sheltered a Jewish family during the Second World War. Aillaud was a law graduate with a diplôme d'études universitaires générales in Hebrew by attending a kibbutz.

Career Her career began as a prefectural attaché. In 1962, Aillaud joined the Arles sub-prefecture to establish the repatriation service for the Harkis populations following the conclusion of the Algerian War. Her term ended on 21 April 1997. This led to Aillaud being dismissed from the office of mayor of Tarascon in May 2002. She travelled to Jerusalem every year for several years and took part in summer courses offered by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.